vocational schools?

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In my area publicly funded community and junior 'colleges' have pretty well eliminated private entity vocational schools. They're basically extended high schools with hair dressing, truck driving, IT tech, practical nursing and other vocational training offered in 'degree' form.

They do offer class credits transferable to four year colleges but an acquaintance who sits on the board says the number of students who pursue that feature are negligible.

But the parents were only exercising their right to free speech.

I still don't see the hand of "the anti American Left" in this.

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The veterans could make the very same argument.

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[Emphasis added] The NEA, for the most part, strongly suggests those "educational" criteria. If anyone disputes that the NEA is borderline exteme left, I'll have a good chuckle. As many beleive those in the military are mostly righties, that's balance. Balance of views presented to and experience for children are educational tools. Political agendas are not. If one does not wish their child to attend the event because she and/or he believes the military's presense is a political event, then that/those parent(s) have that right.

And, I do recall requirements for having a current event presentation for each student each week when I was in school. The war is a current event. But, alas, things have changed in the public schools since my time.

Try this, if you don't like the wiki link: https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/us.html

It seems to add up within errors of estimates.

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And pity the prof who gets those transfer students.

[edit]I should clarify that depends on the state. MD laws require that commcolls get automatic acceptance and credits at the university to which they transfer, if it is MD commcoll and a MD university.[/edit]

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I don't like the way my post just above may sound. There are plenty of admirable comcoll transfers who have done well and even excelled; but have had to work harder at it than their peers to catch up. Yet, many commcoll students take a machiavellian approach to getting some of their requirements at a comcoll for the sole purpose of having to avoid a more strenuous (relatively) requirement at a 4-year. If they continue in one of those first year requirements at the 4-year, they are often at a disadvantage to their peers.

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